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prodriguez69.bsky.social
The answer is Hats
@prodriguez69.bsky.social
Best album ever.

Selling a few records from my personal collection, please check 'em out:

https://www.discogs.com/seller/regis69
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My record collection is too big, or I don't have enough storage. Either way, I'm selling bits and bobs.

www.discogs.com/seller/regis69

I've always treated my records well, so condition is generally NM or VG+ See my feedback for plenty of satisfied buyers. Always open to offers.

#vinyl
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If anyone is struggling with the cost of everything this Xmas drop me a message and I’ll give you access to my sale page where you can have any print or mug for free (you’d just need to cover the postage)
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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The Downtown Lights, plus press release from ‘89 #thebluenile #45rpm #MusicSky #VinylSky
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#lookandsee277
#musicchallenge
#musicsky

Saturday Night by The Blue Nile

Hopper and TBN really are a match made in heaven.

youtu.be/1hUKwBeJe78?...
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A film you’ve seen more than six times, illustrated with a gif (or a photo):
December 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Outside In by John Martyn

Mesmerising from start to finish

youtu.be/elNnxBpkKx8?...
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
QTP with an album you'd rate a perfect 10/10
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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My mum's done over 38 years for GirlGuiding. A Queen's Guide, she ran Brownie troupes, was a commissioner, even had her Brownie troupe at her wedding.

Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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#90sTop30 25

kitchens of distinction
drive that fast •
1991

youtu.be/9JXk_oV4nbo
#MusicChallenge
Kitchens of Distinction - Drive That Fast
YouTube video by RileyELFuk
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November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Queen Elizabeth II - who knew all about Andrew's entitled womanising and turned a blind eye - perhaps wasn't the pillar of morals and integrity everybody thought.
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Unbelievable dedication and expertise here! Great thread.
I am frantically trying to work the decks for the first time! Now playing's coming up...

#spacemen60
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Wasn’t expecting Todd Terje to end with All Night Long but happy that he did.
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
#faveartist15

#1 The Downtown Lights

So good, the build and build to the last min or so is just wonderful.

'I'm tired of crying on the stairs', and the 'hey yeah' right at the end

I did a video mash up on this as bits of it always reminded me of Deckard in Blade Runner.

youtu.be/8l1aodu83L4?...
The Blue Nile vs Blade Runner
YouTube video by Paul Rodriguez
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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#2 From a late night train, v close to being no. 1

THE break up song IMO. Quietly devastating: mournful horns, quiet piano, and a vocal masterpiece.

Been reading on his vocal technique: tldr willfully imperfect, prioritising touch, feel, emotion and soul.

youtu.be/cVNfv_4HAxk?...
The Blue Nile - From a Late Night Train (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Blue Nile Official
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
So true.

That lyric 'high yellow girl can't you tell, you're just the surface of our deep dark well' is a stunner on an amazing song.
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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#3 Headlights on the parade

Played this a LOT but every time it hits me. Vocals, the piano & its mini solo halfway, how the strings build to the release... 'the city winds'

Buy on 12" if you can, it has #4 Easter Parade with RLJ, hard to find on streaming

youtu.be/Jggxmc9yMwA?...
The Blue Nile - Headlights on the Parade (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Blue Nile Official
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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#musicchallenge

#4 Easter Parade, the version with Rickie Lee Jones

I like, don't love the Rooftops version, wouldn't be in my top 15. Not sure why, it has all the TBN elements... but sprinkle in a bit RLJ, make it a stark live version, and it just pops.

youtu.be/zJ3qkbY5cOQ?...
The Blue Nile - Easter Parade (Live) Featuring Ricki Lee Jones
YouTube video by MrSherco12
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Go. See. This. Band.
@familydrone.bsky.social at @crushingdeathcb.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebrations in Cambridge at the weekend. Friends raved about their incendiary gigs when I lived in London, but I've only just now managed to see them. That drumming in the round, noise jazz doom experimentation...
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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#musicchallenge

#5 Tinseltown

Probably the first Blue Nile track i ever heard, and my what a showstopper.

Quintessential TBN: the city, rain, love that may or may not last, melancholy and stoicism.

Still not sure what the red car in the fountain is about.

youtu.be/2q5CGLHJ-54?...
The Blue Nile - Tinseltown in the Rain (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Blue Nile Official
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
As I'm doing The Blue Nile in #artistfave15 thought I should float this one up that I have for sale.

Paul Buchanan's solo album. A duplicate (please don't judge me, it's a disease) that I can't justify holding on to anymore.

Not cheap I know but open to offers

www.discogs.com/sell/item/34...
Paul Buchanan - Mid Air: LP, Album, Ltd, 180 For Sale | Discogs
Buy Paul Buchanan - Mid Air - Newsroom Records, Essential Music & Marketing - LP, Album, Ltd, 180 - ROOMLP01, , includes Mid Air, Half The World, Cars In The Garden, Newsroom, I Remember You, Buy A Mo...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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#musicchallenge

#6 Over the hillside

Just gorgeous

'i can't go on and can't go back
I don't feel so matter of fact
I tried and tried to make good sense
What's the good to try it all again'

You need a heart of stone to not melt at that

youtu.be/jO2YdtdTiYw?...
The Blue Nile - Over the Hillside (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Blue Nile Official
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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#musicchallenge

#7 Saturday night

Chris Roberts, MM hack, said TBN are the audio equivalent of an Edward Hopper picture.

So i did a mash up of this song with loads of Hopper art, and my word it works so well. So many images fit perfectly, hope you agree.

youtu.be/1hUKwBeJe78?...
Edward Hopper vs The Blue Nile
YouTube video by Paul Rodriguez
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.

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Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM